Closet attachment.



C. W. MACY.

CLOSET ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. 1917.

PatentedSept. 25

caries.

GLARKSON w. Mac or CONVERSE, INDIANA.

, CLOSET ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLARKSON W. MAoY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Converse, in the county of Miami and State of Indiana, have invented a new and use ful Closet Attachment, of which the follow ing is a specification. I

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be employed for deodorizing and disinfecting a water closet, and the invention aims to provide novel means, actuated by the seat of the water closet, whereby disinfectant will be supplied to the bowl portion of'the water closet.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that typeto which the present invention appertains.

WVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds,

the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details. of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings a Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line 22 of Fig. 3; n

Fig. 3 is a top plan wherein parts are broken away;

Fig. 4 is a fragmental vertical section taken through the piston head.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes the bowl of a water closet, provided with bearings 3 in which is mounted to rock, a shaft 4. Hangers 5 are secured to the shaft 4 and are attached to a seat 6, having a transverse groove 2 in its under surface.

The numeral 7 denotesa support attached to'the floor 8. The shaft 4 is journaled in the'upper end of the support 7. Attached to the shaft 4 is a gear wheel 9 meshing into a pinion 10 carried by a shaft 11 mounted in the support 7. The diameter of the gear wheel 9 preferablv is twice the diameter of the pinion 10. Although the part 10 has been denominated a pinion, the part 9 being designated a gear wheel, it is not necessary that these elements be toothed around their Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed iua 4', 1917'. Serial No. 166.459.

Patented Sept. 25, 1917.

entire peripheries, since neither of them, ordinarily, makes a complete revolution. The pinionlO 'isprovided with an arm 12 pivoted at 14 to a plunger 15 carrying a. head 16.

The numeral 17 denotes a cylinder in which the head 16 reciprocates, the plunger 15 passing through the top'of' the cylinder. The cylinderj17 is received'partly in an opening18 formed in the support 7. The cylinder 17 has trunnions 19' mounted to move vertically in slots 20 formed in guides 21 attached to the floor 8. In the lower ends of the guides 21 are mounted cushion blocks 22, which may be resilient, the cushion blocks 22 serving as supports for bearings 23in which the trunnions 19 of the cylinder 17 are mounted to rock, the bearings 23 being adapted to reciprocate vertically in the guides 21, under circumstances which will be pointedout hereinafter. The bearings 23 haveupstanding stems 24 which, being slidably received in the tops of the guides 21 aid in directing the vertical movement of the bearings 23. Gompression springs 2.5 surround the'stems 24, the upper ends of the springs engaging the tops of the guides 21, andthe lower ends of the springs engaging the bearings 23, to hold the same normally down on the cushion blocks 22.

The head16 is provided with an upwardly inclined peripheral valve rim 27,

.held in place by av retaining ring28 or otherwise, the valve rim 27 coacting with the inner surface of the cylinder 17. The

ble tube 30, united with an atomizer 31 seated in a recess 32 formed in the support 7, the atomizer including a nozzle 33 projecting across the upper edge of the water closet bowl 1 and adapted to discharge therein-to, the groove 2 in the seat 6 receiving the nozzle of the atomizer, when the seat is in a lowered position on the bowl 1.

In practical operation, when the seat 6 quarter revolution of the gear wheel 9 will impart a one-half revolution to the pinion 10, the" arm'12 of the shaft ll depressing 5 the plunger 15 and moving the head 15 downwardly in the cylinder 17 the air rushing upwardly past the yieldable Valve rim 27. When the seat 6 is swung downwardly, the head 17 is raised, and air trapped be- 10 tween the head 16 and the upper end of the cylinder 17 is, forced through the tube 30 to the atomizer 31', the nozzle 33 ofthe atomizer discharging into the'water closet bowl 1 and effecting a disinfection or a deodorization thereof. i i Y In casethe seat 6 shouldbe, slammed down with too much force,'fp roducing too quick an upward movement of the head 16, then the springs 25 will yield and permit the bearings 23, the trunnions19 and the cylinder '17 to move upwardly, thereby avoiding a pronounced shock. The springs 25, reacting on the bearings 23 willforce the same down gradually, restoring the cylinder 25 17 to a normal, depressed condition, the bearings 23 then resting on the cushion blocks 22. I

Havmg'thus described the invention, what is claimedis: I v I .7

V 1'. In a device of the class described, a

' water closet bowl; a movable seat forthe bowl; a shaft whereon the seat is carried;

driving mechanism connected with the shaft and including a crank; a cylinder; bearings 55 whereinthe cylinder is mounted to rock; a

pi'ston .working'in the cylinder and pivoted to the crank; a sprayer discharging into the bowl;'and a conduit leading from the cylinder to the sprayer. I e

. 2. A device constructed in accordance with claim 1, in combination with means Copies of this patent may be obtained. for

for supporting the bearings for movement km the direction of they length of the cyliner. I

3. A device constructed in accordance with claim 1, 1n combination w th means with the movable member; a vsprayer dis charging into the bowl; a conduit leading from the cylinder to the sprayer; and means for mounting the cylinder yieldably for lim- I ited movement responsive to the pressure created in the cylinder" by thepiston. g

5. In a device of the class described, a water closet'bowl; amovable member op era'ting above the bowl; a fluid pressure cylinder; a piston working in the cylinder; means for operatively connectingthe' piston with the movable member; a sprayer discharging into the-bowl; a conduit leading from the cylinder to the sprayer; means for mounting 'thecylinder for longitudinal movement, responsive 'to' the pressure createdin the cylinder by the piston; and yieldable means for limiting the longitudinal movement of the cylinder. p

In testimony that I claimthe foregoingas-my own, I have hereto afiiXed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses'.

- CLARKSON W; MACY. Witnesses:

VVAL'IER POWELL, J AMEs HOWE.

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